Takes no part! Winchester Mansion has been pulled out of the Grade 1 contest (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
The final field for Sunday’s potential championship decider HKJC Gr1 Champions Cup has been reduced to nine runners with the withdrawal on Wednesday of 2023 Hollywoodbets Durban July hero, Winchester Mansion.
Trainer Brett Crawford withdrew the Trippi gelding at 10h06 on Wednesday 24 July, giving ‘pulled muscle’ as a reason for the scratching.
Candice Dawson also scratched Just Be Lekker from the Gr1 Mercury Sprint at 10h14 on the same day, due to being lame near fore.
Record betting pools are expected at the 2024 World Pool Gold Cup racemeeting.
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic (starts in Race 4 off @ 13h50) pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup (Race 7 off @ 16h10) sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million.
All races at Hollywoodbets Greyville on the day will be World Pool events.
Win, Place, Exacta, Quinella, and Swinger bets will be commingled with international pools and average World Pool totals expected to be massive.
Expect Exacta pools of around R5 million, Win and Place pools of around R10 million, and pools of over R17 million or more for Swingers and Quinellas.
These international pools are commingled by the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
Place bets on all races on the day will pay out on the first three horses past the post only.
